BIRATNAGAR: Chief Minister of Province 1 Rajendra Rai has expanded the Council of Ministers. Splitting seven ministries into 14 ministries, Rai expanded the cabinet on Sunday to include the ruling parties from the ruling coalition. Rai has added eight ministers to settle the power-sharing in the province. Rai has made Indra Bahadur Angbo the Minister…
Baniyani : Police have arrested two Indian nationals from Mechinagar, Jhapa along with the narcotics, brown sugar. Among the arrested are Mohammad Sultan, 25, and Ranjit Ganesh, 27, of Chunilal village in Darjeeling, India. Spokesperson of the District Police Office, Jhapa, Deputy Superintendent of Police Basanta Pathak said that they were arrested on Saturday along…
JHAPA : Former Councillor of Foxton City in London, Dhan Kiran Gurung has announced to establish computer lab at all community schools of Mechinagar municipality. A resident of Kakadbhitta of Mechinagar Municipality-10, Gurung is a retired British Gurkha Army. He now lives in London. He is chairperson of Gurkha Memorial Fund formed in London. Gurung…
DHANUSHA : The Janamat Party led by CK Raut has obstructed the East-West Highway in Madesh Pradesh. Labeling it as a “peasants’ movement”, the party has been protesting by burning tires on the highway as part of their “East_West Highway-centered agitation”....
TAHARI : Author duo Arjunbabu Mabuhang and Amit Thebe have come up with a research-based book on writings of Srijanga, Phalgunanda and Iman Singh Chemjong. Recently published by UK-based Siddha Kumari Thebe, the 214-page volume will be formally launched today...
KATHMANDU : The cases of bird flu have been confirmed at two locations of Morang, the district in Province 1. According to the Department of Livestock Services, the detection of avian influenza (H5N1 virus) has been confirmed at Khuniyakatta of...
JHAPA : An elderly man was killed due to attack by a wild elephant at Mechinagar Municipality-13 in Jhapa district today. The elephant that strayed into the settlement from nearby forest attacked local Khamba Singh Karki, 75, while he was...
BIRATNAGAR: Nepali Congress (NC) central member Dr Shekhar Koirala has said that local elections should be held on time. Talking to media persons in Biratnagar on Thursday morning, Koirala stressed that the periodic election should not be postponed under any...
Itahari : Itahari and Dharan are the only Sub-Metropolitan Cities of Province 1. Both lie in Sunsari district. In terms of population, for the first time in the history, Itahari has surpassed Dharan in the census of 2011 when Itahari's...
Malangwa : One person was killed and 13 others were injured when a passenger bus hit a motorcycle at Banke in Ishwarpur Municipality-12 of Sarlahi along the East-West Highway. A person travelling on the motorcycle died while the injured were...
